Health (and Related Subheadings)

State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to medical and podiatry corporations [SB-418] [Healthcare ]
Relating to Board of Medicine licensing of medical corporations

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Stollings Committee Substitute Reported, But First To Judiciary on 02/06/2014

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West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to "out-of-home" child placement system [SB-401] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Healthcare ]
The purpose of this legislation is to result in a fundamental shift in how child serving systems use assessment information to guide decision making by requiring the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Child Protective Services, Youth Services and the West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services to develop, coordinate and implement a standardized comprehensive universal assessment that will assess the needs and strengths of children as well as their caregivers as the accepted system for outcomes evaluation in the State of West (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Plymale Filed For Introduction on 01/22/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Redesignating Health Sciences Scholarship Program as Health Sciences Service Program [SB-394] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Education ]
Redesignating Health Sciences Scholarship Program as Health Sciences Service Program

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mitch Carmichael Chapter 84, Acts, Regular Session, 2014 on 04/14/2014

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West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Revising laws relating to DHHR and Bureau of Medical Services [SB-386] [Healthcare ] [Human Services ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to revise, arrange, consolidate and recodify the laws of the State of West Virginia relating to the Department of Health and Human Resources and the Bureau of Medical Services. The entire chapter is substantially rewritten; therefore

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Roman Prezioso Reported Do Pass, But First To Government Organization on 01/22/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Requiring CPR and care for conscious choking instruction in public schools [SB-381] [Education ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to require CPR to be taught in the public school system as a condition of graduation.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Plymale To House Education on 02/28/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to Office of Emergency Medical Services [SB-361] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to Office of Emergency Medical Services

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Herb Snyder Filed For Introduction on 01/16/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to minors obtaining tattoos [SB-27] [Children and Youth ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ]
Relating to minors obtaining tattoos

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Green Filed For Introduction on 01/08/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to fetal death reporting [SB-23] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Relating to fetal death reporting

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Miller Filed For Introduction on 01/08/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to Rural Health Initiative Act [SB-208] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Relating to Rural Health Initiative Act

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Plymale To House Finance on 03/04/2014

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West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Removing certain billing limitations for HIV or STD testing by public health agencies [SB-15] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Allowing billing for HIV or STD testing by public health agencies

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Stollings To House Judiciary on 02/28/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to expedited partner therapy treatment [SB-12] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Relating to expedited partner therapy treatment

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Stollings Vetoed By Governor 3/25/14 on 03/25/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to required physical education and program in physical fitness in the public schools [HB-4582] [Education ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to require physical education and a program in physical fitness in the public schools that provides that public schools require that each child engage in thirty minutes of physical activity each school day. The bill also provides that this requirement be subject to collaboration with the classroom teacher, the principal and with the assistance of wellness coordinators in each regional educational service agency on how to fit physical activity into the school day.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Fleischauer Filed For Introduction on 02/17/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to reimbursement for copies of medical records [HB-4560] [Healthcare ] [Consumer Protection ] [Data Privacy ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that copies of health care records may be furnished to patients in a paper copy or electronic version. The bill also provides for reasonable expenses to be charged for providing paper and/or electronic versions of a patient’s records.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo Chapter 80, Acts, Regular Session, 2014 on 04/10/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Continuing the Rural Health Initiative [HB-4532] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Continuing the Rural Health Initiative

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Barrett Filed For Introduction on 02/14/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Telemedicine for quality improvement and healthcare modernization act [HB-4531] [Healthcare ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Telecommunications ] [Public Health ]
Telemedicine for quality improvement and healthcare modernization act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Fleischauer Filed For Introduction on 02/14/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Creating a new article relating to federal health care legislation [HB-4505] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ]
Creating a new article relating to federal health care legislation

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Butler Filed For Introduction on 02/13/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to the Health Care Authority [HB-4423] [Healthcare ]
Relating to the Health Care Authority

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rupert Phillips Filed For Introduction on 02/06/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Creating the West Virginia Children with Autism Trust Fund [HB-4419] [Children and Youth ] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Public Health ] [Disabilities ]
Creating the West Virginia Children with Autism Trust Fund

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley Filed For Introduction on 02/06/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Making the Department of Corrections and the Department of Health, and their respective workplaces, subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act [HB-4380] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Making the Department of Corrections and the Department of Health, and their respective workplaces, subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Fleischauer With Amendment, Do Pass, But First To Judiciary on 02/20/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Removing the expiration date for the tax rate on eligible acute care hospitals [HB-4299] [Taxes ] [Healthcare ]
The purpose of this bill is to remove the expiration date for the tax rate on eligible acute care hospitals.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Fleischauer Filed For Introduction on 01/24/2014

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